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About Salal Pur Village

Salal Pur is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,439, made up of 773 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salal Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salal Pur village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184148
Area (hectares) 341 hectares
Population 1,439
Male Population 773
Female Population 666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salal Pur compares

By the 2011 count Salal Pur is the 21st largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Salal Pur

Salal Pur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Salal Pur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salal Pur from other places

Salal Pur lies about 14 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Salal Pur
Nearest railway station Budhi 11 km
District headquarters Kathua 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 15 km

Villages closest to Salal Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hiranagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Salal Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Salal Pur village had a population of 1,439. That makes it the 21st largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Salal Pur village has 773 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salal Pur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Salal Pur is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salal Pur covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salal Pur falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Salal Pur is Budhi, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Salal Pur.

Salal Pur is about 14 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salal Pur is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Budhi is about 11 km away. Kathua is about 14 km away. Hiranagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandwal (under 2 km), Khanwal (under 2 km) and Rampur (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salal Pur today is likely to be higher.

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